{7.1} The Industrial Revolution

What is industrial production?

• The process of growing crops on a farm

• The process of importing goods from other countries

• The process of handcrafting goods in small workshops

• The process of using machines and large-scale processes to convert raw materials into manufactured goods

What was the Industrial Revolution?

• A social movement advocating for workers' rights

• A series of technological advances in the 18th century resulting in more complex machinery

• A political revolution in Europe

• A religious reform movement

What were the challenges brought by rapid urban growth?

• Decrease in poverty levels

• Overcrowding and housing shortages

• Decrease in population

• Decrease in pollution levels

How did industrialization impact the working class?

• Industrial workers had access to free healthcare and education

• Industrial workers had short working hours and ample leisure time

• Industrial workers had dangerous jobs, crowded housing, pollution, often couldn’t afford the products they made

• Industrial workers had luxurious lifestyles and high salaries

What did colonies provide during the era of colonial imperialism?

• Political stability, peace, democracy, human rights

• Entertainment, fashion, luxury goods, art

• Technology, education, healthcare, infrastructure

• Raw materials, labor, food, soldiers, markets

Where did the major industrialized regions stretch across?

• The Western Hemisphere's polar regions

• The Northern Hemisphere’s midlatitudes

• The Southern Hemisphere's equator

• The Eastern Hemisphere's tropics

What led to the decline in population of major industrialized regions in the late 1900s?

• Production transferred to semi-periphery countries

• Decreased globalization

• Increased investment in infrastructure

• Improved healthcare systems

What was the impact of the Second Agricultural Revolution?

• Led to the decline of urban areas

• Decreased food supplies and increased starvation

• Increased agricultural productivity and efficiency

• Displaced farm workers moved to the cities to find industrial work

What were the effects of industrialization on class structures?

• Caused a shift towards a barter economy

• Led to the disappearance of social classes

• Maintained the existing class structures without any changes

• Changed class structures by allowing workers to seek new industrial jobs in the cities

What were the physical changes observed in cities during the Industrial Revolution?

• Cities grew horizontally and vertically, becoming more dense

• Cities shrank in size and population

• Cities became more rural and agricultural

• Cities became isolated from each other